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is this -- was this a problem for the obama administration? and how do republicans attack him for using the same authority george bush did? >> right. it is a serious civil liberties issue, the killing of american citizens should obviously not be taken lightly. i wouldn't say that there should be no use of drones to take out al-qaeda leaders, but clearly, we are killing innocent people and that's unconscionable. >> we are going so without due process. you know, as americans we have a right to under the constitution and who decides which ones we take? the big question is -- and i was trying to get a question in but my question really is here is the one phrase in this whole memo, tim, that gets me is: who makes the decision? identified as quote, "an informed high-level official of the u.s. government"? who is that? >> we have no idea. >> bill: how high up the food chain does that decision go? >> right. this is going to have implications for international law that we are not going to like. we need to be conducting this processes out in the open an
is this -- was this a problem for the obama administration? and how do republicans attack him for using the same authority george bush did? >> right. it is a serious civil liberties issue, the killing of american citizens should obviously not be taken lightly. i wouldn't say that there should be no use of drones to take out al-qaeda leaders, but clearly, we are killing innocent people and that's unconscionable. >> we are going so without due process. you know, as americans we have a...
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is this going to be a problem for the obama administration? >> you know, this is one of those issues that i think has really alarmed civil libertarians and some of president obama's most natural allies, groups that tend to support him on almost every other issue. it's interesting i think americans generally approve of these drones because it means you're not endangering american servicemen. in battles. the idea of attacking -- you know, it's the way the political landscape changed with 9-11. that there's just a lot more tolerance for that kind of thing. but it has put president obama and his administration at odds with his most natural allies, that is the interesting thing to watch on that. >> bill: as we were saying earlier this morning, if george bush and dick cheney had done this, i mean progressives, liberals, would be raising hell about it. >> yeah. do you hear objections about it. and you know, if you travel abroad or read the foreign press, you hear enormous resentment about the use of drones in afghanistan and pakistan and elsewhere. b
is this going to be a problem for the obama administration? >> you know, this is one of those issues that i think has really alarmed civil libertarians and some of president obama's most natural allies, groups that tend to support him on almost every other issue. it's interesting i think americans generally approve of these drones because it means you're not endangering american servicemen. in battles. the idea of attacking -- you know, it's the way the political landscape changed with...
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president obama. but this is a principle that's going to outlast his administration. so even if you trust president obama and i don't think anyone should be trusted with his power, that's why we have a constitution, that's why we have laws, even if you trust them, this is a power that outlasts them. >> bill: the phrase to me that i find the most troubling is this 16-page white paper right says that this is okay to send a drone to kill an american citizen overseas when "an informed high-level official of the u.s. government has determined." what i've been trying to find out and i tried to ask jay carney at the briefing, i did not get called on. who are we talking about here? who is this informed high-level official of the u.s. government? is it the director of the c.i.a.? is it the secretary of defense? is it the president? who is it? do you know? >> no. i think the assumption has always been it is the president. >> bill: so he himself would put a check alongside of every american that we wanted to kill saying -- go for it. >> "the new york times" and "the washington p
president obama. but this is a principle that's going to outlast his administration. so even if you trust president obama and i don't think anyone should be trusted with his power, that's why we have a constitution, that's why we have laws, even if you trust them, this is a power that outlasts them. >> bill: the phrase to me that i find the most troubling is this 16-page white paper right says that this is okay to send a drone to kill an american citizen overseas when "an informed...
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and many of the questions were about drones and the obama administration's policy. nobody tougher on john brennan, asking better questions yesterday than our guest, senate ron wyden from oregon. good morning, senator. good to see you again. >> great to be on your show. as a basketball player i love the full court press. >> indeed. senator, you had written this letter. i saw you earlier this week. you told me you were sending this letter with 11 other senators to the white house saying we want you to release all of the memos related to drone policy. they did respond at least in kind. are you satisfied with what you received so far? >> bill, when the president called, it was clear that the president wanted to change course, and i give him credit for what is clearly an encouraging first step. >> that's right. he called you in response to that letter. didn't he? >> he did. and he also is offering up another very constructive idea. >> that's trying to start in the weeks ahead a dialogue with the public with respect to these issues. applying our checks and balances to mod
and many of the questions were about drones and the obama administration's policy. nobody tougher on john brennan, asking better questions yesterday than our guest, senate ron wyden from oregon. good morning, senator. good to see you again. >> great to be on your show. as a basketball player i love the full court press. >> indeed. senator, you had written this letter. i saw you earlier this week. you told me you were sending this letter with 11 other senators to the white house...
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obama will be displaced out of his. it looks like they will be start the in august. it's not the first time it's happened. hurriedly bert hoover worked across the street from the white house during major repairs back in 1929. well, yeah of course i remember that. no. are you sure? i mean the one who lives across the street for years while they re-did the entire white house was terri truman. >> yes. >> lived in blair house. >> he didn't live across. they will still going to live in the while white house harry truman lived in blair house for a while. >> hoover worked in blair house. >> got it. thank you, dan. yes, indeed, super bowl super bowl sunday the big game last night from new orleans in the super so-called superdome didn't prove to be so super. the game, i've got to tell you i admit i watched half the game you know. i have a very early wake-up call. >> i watched the entire game. i took one for the team. >> i thought it was a great game over all 34-31. hard to complaint about a game like that it was close. both teams did a great job. i thought the first half, a l
obama will be displaced out of his. it looks like they will be start the in august. it's not the first time it's happened. hurriedly bert hoover worked across the street from the white house during major repairs back in 1929. well, yeah of course i remember that. no. are you sure? i mean the one who lives across the street for years while they re-did the entire white house was terri truman. >> yes. >> lived in blair house. >> he didn't live across. they will still going to...